To: Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Research and Innovation (England) Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education (Wales) Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science (Scotland) Economy Minister (seat currently vacant, previously Simon Hamilton), Northern Ireland Executive (NI) Vice-Chancellors of all UKHE institutions Heads of Humanities…

I am pleased to tell everyone that I’ve been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton from today.   I’m proud to be associated with a department that includes Professors Anne Curry and, of course, G.W. Bernard, even if most of the time it’s going to be at a distance! Visiting fellows are senior…

I’m really pleased to say that, after quite a break, I’ve been doing some proper singing again.  I’ve restarted my singing lessons and I’m intending to take a diploma of some sort in due course. In the meantime, I’ve been singing with my family, and it was nice that we were asked to sing a…

Whenever I can, I work on my patio, surrounded my flowers and lots of birds. So here are just a few photos of my garden…